As noted in the introduction, each taxon account for a genus, subgenus, species, and subspecies – as listed (respectively) in the Nomenclator Generum, Nomenclator Subgenerum, or Nomenclator Speciarum – includes an abbreviation for the publication (e.g., book, journal, bulletin, proceedings) in which the description for that taxon was first presented. The Index Auctoritatum presents abbreviations used in the accounts, followed by the complete title for each of those publications.

Using the navigation table, below, you may access the abbreviation for and complete title of any publication referenced in this nomenclator by clicking on the first letter of the first word in its title.

Click on the first letter of the abbreviated publication title in this table:

Afr. Invert. - African Invertebrates [originally, Annals of the Natal Government Museum, 1906-1910, then changed to Annals of the Natal Museum (1910-2000) {after the Union of South Africa was established}; in 2001, the journal name was changed to African Invertebrates, but with volume numbers continuing uninterrupted in the series]. South Africa: Pietermaritzburg; publisher: Council of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum.

Explorations Fauna Seas - Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas. Benthic Ecosystems of the Southeastern Part of the Kandalaksha Bay and Adjacent Waters of the White Sea. Russia: St. Petersburg (1988) (Finogenova et Timm). [N.O.S.T., p. 30]

Powers Creator - The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation; or, Observations on Life amidst the various Forms of the humbler Tribes of animated Nature. England: London (1851, 1853, 1858; vols. 1, 3, 5) (Dalyell). [N.O., p. 206]

Prodr. Zool. Vict. - Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, Figures and Descriptions of the living Species of all Classes of the Victorian indigenous Animals. Australia: Melbourne (1878-90) (McCoy). [N.O., p. 206]

Zool. Results - Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the Years 1895-7 by A. Willey. Cambridge (1898-1900) (Willey). [N.O., p. 210]